This solution allows VMware administrators to more easily manage VMware virtual machines from the Linux console, and to more easily script both host and guest commands for automated processes, such as data backups.

Novell has announced broad support for the VMware Ready Program and for VMware Studio, with SUSE Linux Enterprise now verified as VMware Ready and as a fully supported guest operating system. In addition, Novell announced that it has entered into a redistribution agreement with VMware that will allow independent software vendors (ISVs) to download, configure, and distribute evaluation versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise through the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace.

VMWare Linux Template Wars: Episode One – Attack of the NIC Clones.
Episode One finds our valiant Linux engineers battling lost connectivity and dual NICs after cloning a Linux virtual server from templates in VMware Virtual Infrastructure / ESX servers. This is their story of how they reestablished order in the Empire.